Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus 23:6 in other translations
| BSB | You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits. |
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| WEB | “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. |
| ASV | Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause. |
| YLT | ‘Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; |
| DARBY | Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause. |
| BBE | Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause. |
| Webster | Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. |
What does Exodus 23:6 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 23:1-9
In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling, and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the separation of Israel from the pagan world. Neither parties, friends, witnesses, nor common opinions, must move us to lessen great faults, to aggravate small ones, excuse offenders, accuse the innocent, or misrepresent any…
Exodus 23:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 23:6
- Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- Isaiah 10:1-2
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
- Exodus 23:2-3
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
- James 2:5-6
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Jeremiah 6:28
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
- Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
- Job 31:21-22
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
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Context
- Exodus 23:5
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
- Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Exodus 23:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No pervertirás el derecho de tu mendigo en su pleito. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne feras pas fléchir le jugement de ton indigent dans son procès. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du sollst das Recht deines Armen nicht beugen in seinem Rechtsstreit. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non declinabis in judicium pauperis. |